Meet One of Fort Lauderdale's Innovative Entrepreneurs, Julie Janides of Toy Trader App (@toytradermama and @toytraderapp). She saw a problem and a potential solution for that endless line of requests - "can I buy a toy?" What if instead of buying... your children started trading? Join us as we dig into how the app got started. https://toytraderapp.com/

So excited to bring on this week's guest, Jairo Ibarra, Executive Vice President of the Florida Renaissance Festival. We will be talking about new attractions this year, the contagious spirit of Ren-Fest performers and guests, plus a whole lot more. Make sure you check out www.Ren-Fest.com for their themed weekends!

What Does The Future of Fort Lauderdale Look Like? You can see all the building, but what is happening behind the scenes at the City level to help promote and innovate for all this growth. Today we spoke with Ben Sorensen, former Vice Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, and president of Sorensen Consulting.

There's lot's going on at the NSU Art Museum, including workshops for all ages and certain days when you can visit free of charge. Have you been to the NSU Art Museum lately? https://nsuartmuseum.org/

These days stressful days and busy schedules (holidays, etc) can be a lot... for all of us, but especially for children who are highly sensitive. In today's episode we explore how to help them manage the overwhelm, with guest Nicole Zimmerman of Sensory Mama.

Drive down Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale and you can miss the spire for the First Baptist Church and its full block campus holding sway over the downtown. But did you know about all the events they have planned for the New Year? That's the topic of today's podcast with Danny Somers, Head of Outreach for the church community.

Did you know that the Broward Center educational programming has a number of SmartStage events where home-schooling families can see a show and then participate in a workshop at a discounted price. In this episode we will meet with Jacob Aronin, Director of Education at the Broward Center to talk about SmartStage, their slate of spring classes, and their upcoming Open House on January 21st.

On Saturday, January 28th 11AM - 4PM, AOTA Visual Arts Festival and Heal the Planet 501c3 will be producing a full day of kids' art and conservation activities on the outdoor patio of Sistrunk Marketplace ( 115 NW 6th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311).

This week we are talking to Patrick Harris of Go Riverwalk about the 13th Annual Stone Crab & Seafood Festival at Esplanade Park on January 7th, 2023. 

This highly anticipated event showcasing the best of South Florida seafood restaurants and gourmet food trucks.  Dive into mouth-watering signature seafood dishes of conch, shrimp, crab, lobster, fresh fish and more, deliciously barbequed, boiled, broiled, baked, fried or sautéed. There’s even landlubber fare available.

Earlier this year, we had the wonderful opportunity to meet and visit with Kerry McDonald of the LiberatED podcast. Kerry was in Fort Lauderdale visiting a number of the innovative micro-schools that make up South Florida's bourgeoning environment for alternative education. This podcast is a replay of the conversation with Kerry after her visit to Acton Academy Fort Lauderdale. You can listen to more LiberatED episodes on: https://go.fee.org/liberated